chapter 16

Question 1

smallish lakes

Answer 1

ponds

Question 2

changing of lake or sea levels due to atmospheric conditions

Answer 2

seiche

Question 3

what is the mouth of the Missouri River?

Answer 3

Mississippi River

Question 4

green scum

Answer 4

algal blooms

Question 5

special navigators that help ship captains safely travel through parts of rivers

Answer 5

river pilots

Question 6

steepness of a stream’s channel

Answer 6

gradient

Question 7

streams that flow only after heavy rainstorms, during snowmelt, or during wet seasons

Answer 7

intermittent streams

Question 8

what are among the largest man-made lakes

Answer 8

powerdown resevoirs

Question 9

extreme example of rapids

Answer 9

waterfall

Question 10

shipping obstacles that are always shifting with seasons or storms

Answer 10

river bars

Question 11

stretches where large rocks create turbulence

Answer 11

rapids

Question 12

wash

Answer 12

channel of a seasonally dry.. (something? idk); WADI

Question 13

wide, looping bends in streams

Answer 13

meanders

Question 14

rivers that regularly flood creating broad, fertile topsoil deposits

Answer 14

levee

Question 15

where do we get hydroelectric power from?

Answer 15

from water flowing through power dams built across rivers

Question 16

can form in any spot where there is a low spot in the territory

Answer 16

lake

Question 17

wide, looping bends in the stream

Answer 17

meander

Question 18

list three features of streams

Answer 18

• rapids
• waterfalls
• meanders (sand or mud bar?)

Question 19

smaller streams that feed into larger streams

Answer 19

tributaries

Question 20

stream that flows year-round

Answer 20

prennial

Question 21

what makes up a stream system

Answer 21

streams and tributaries

Question 22

what two things controls a stream’s gradient

Answer 22

soil and rock

Question 23

part of a stream where it flows into a lake, pond, etc.

Answer 23

mouth

Question 24

the origin of a stream

Answer 24

source

Question 25

what forms a basin divide?

Answer 25

mountains and hills and other land regions

Question 26

when a meander is cut off, isolating it

Answer 26

oxbow lake

Question 27

sections of high-gradient, fast flowing streams are what shape

Answer 27

v-shaped

Question 28

part of a stream where it flows into a lake, pond, etc.

Answer 28

mouth

Question 29

stretched where large rocks create turbulence

Answer 29

rapids

Question 30

extreme example of a rapid

Answer 30

waterfall

Question 31

occurs twice a year in lakes located in middle and upper latitudes in both hemispheres

Answer 31

thermal turnover

Question 32

location of a stream’s mouth

Answer 32

base level

Question 33

flowing water that follows a distinct course over the land

Answer 33

streams

Question 34

sections of low-gradient streams are what shape?

Answer 34

U-shaped

Question 35

land a steram drains

Answer 35

drainage basin

Question 36

another term for hydroelectric energy

Answer 36

hydropower

Question 37

results when a meander is cut-off by the stream

Answer 37

oxbow lake

Question 38

list three properties of streams

Answer 38

• mouth
• elevation profile (?)
• base level and source

Question 39

scientists who study surface waters

Answer 39

limnologists

Question 40

description of how the stream changes elevation from its beginning to end

Answer 40

elevation profile

Question 41

smaller streams

Answer 41

tributary

Question 42

simple stream systems with no tributaries

Answer 42

first-order streams